“And still deeper the meaning of Narcissus, who because he could not grasp the tormenting, mild image he saw in the fountain, plunged into it and was drowned. But that same image, we ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the keyContinue reading “RKS Literature: Oceans are the Key to it All (Herman Melville)”
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RKS Literature: All the Difference Between Paying and Being Paid (Herman Melville)
“And I always go to the sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of. On the contrary passengers themselves must pay. And there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid.Continue reading “RKS Literature: All the Difference Between Paying and Being Paid (Herman Melville)”
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